Lady Indica:I'd only read the BoingBoing which implied it was a large order placed by a company (tweet kinda implies it too IMO). The article linked on BoingBoing (which I hadn't read) shows that was NOT the case.

It would've been nice to tip, given that such trucks were slammed with extra biz, etc. but there's ZERO obligation to do so on an individual order at a food truck. Guy was totally wrong. I still stand (sit, whatevs ;)) by my 'if you make a company order and they deliver you farking tip' but that wasn't the case here.

He was out of line saying something to them at the truck even. And much more so by tweeting it.

I also missed it was on the east coast, and not in SF. Seriously in SF $7 for a cheese sammich would be pretty good.

Uh-oh. We just got someone, on the Internet, who was able to deal reasonably with being given new information. I'm not sure I'm awake enough to process that yet. Seriously, A+ on that. So nice to see someone who's able to adapt to new information.

As far as tipping for delivery in general, or even service-related industries, absolutely. Pizza guys, furniture/appliance delivery, the installers for my 65" plasma, all tip-worthy. For those that have 'em, Pool chemical guys, lawn care guys, grocery delivery (aka Pea-pod), also tip worthy.

The dude that sells $7.00 grilled cheese sandwichesThe assholes that bought 25 of them from one food truck at lunch time... and made it worse by leaving no tipAny Manhattan hipster buying $7 grilled cheese sandwiches

$7 for a sandwich is a decent price in NYC for lunch. Its really hard to get lunch for under $10 total in midtown unless you are just grabbing a slice. Hell, the $1 McDouble sells for $1.69 in Manhattan.

No good guys here. Food truck guy was whiny for tweeting about it. Glass, Lewis and Co. employees were being big babies complaining about the tweet. Glass, Lewis and Co, boss complaining about the food truck guy and getting him fired was a dick move. What is wrong with America when we can't even order lunch without a lot of drama??

I love to jump on the necks of a greedy corporation as much as the next guy, but I think the Food Truck guy is a just an emo biatch. If a large group goes to KFC and orders a ton of separate or one single order, no tip is expected.

If a KFC guy delivers said order, then a tip is in store. No food was delivered or catered here. Its like a fast food counter. I don't tip the popcorn guy at the theater.

oryx:Glass, Lewis and Co, boss complaining about the food truck guy and getting him fired was a dick move.

An employee who will publicly call out a customer is a crappy employee who needs to be fired. They did the owner a favor. Probably deserve a discount on their next order for helping get rid of that moron.

The dude that sells $7.00 grilled cheese sandwichesThe assholes that bought 25 of them from one food truck at lunch time... and made it worse by leaving no tipAny Manhattan hipster buying $7 grilled cheese sandwichesThe jackass that tweetshamed the assholesThe farktard that fired the jackassBoing Boing for being Boing Boing.

I'm in. This menu reeks of smug hipster foodie. And any other adjectives I can't think of now.

The dude that sells $7.00 grilled cheese sandwichesThe assholes that bought 25 of them from one food truck at lunch time... and made it worse by leaving no tipAny Manhattan hipster buying $7 grilled cheese sandwichesThe jackass that tweetshamed the assholesThe farktard that fired the jackassBoing Boing for being Boing Boing.

I'm in. This menu reeks of smug hipster foodie. And any other adjectives I can't think of now.

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Can we add the guy who made their website with cute little images instead of actual text to the list? I guess he's doing blind people a favor by making it harder for them to find his overpriced crap.

serial_crusher:MythDragon: serial_crusher: Oh, they only gave you the agreed upon amount and nothing else? Man, it must suck to only get $170 for some sandwiches.

That's what the owner is getting. The poor schlub horking out the sammiches is probably getting 8 bucks an hour

See, this is why I don't like tipping. Too many changing and nuanced rules for people to get butthurt about you violating. You don't tip the "sandwich artist" at subway who only makes $7.25, but you do tip the "sandwich artist" in a truck who makes $8.If he thinks the working conditions in the truck amount to more than 75 cents/hour, or if he thinks he's somehow entitled to a 10% revenue share, he should take that up with the truck owner, not the truck owner's customers.

Can't say I disagree with you. Generaly, if I am not in a resturant where I am sitting at a table and using up floorspace and/or it involves ordering at a counter and paying beforehand , I'm not tipping.

Southern100:puffy999: I really, really don't like waiters/waitresses who expect large tips in this country... I go to a restaurant for f*cking food, not to talk to you, so I've always wondered why the cooks aren't getting the tips.

Anyway, a food truck, for a large order, should definitely receive some sort of tip. Those guys are doing EVERYTHING.

Why? A food truck is just a mobile fast food restaurant. Do you tip at McDonalds? Wendy's? Jack-in-the-Box? Subway? Shipley's Donuts?

How about if you order 20 pizzas from Pizza Hut and pick up the order instead of having it delivered? Do you tip then?

What's next, tipping the people behind the deli counter at your local WalMart because they sliced you a couple pounds of ham? After all, we know they make shiat wages.

The more people work in retail and service jobs, the more you'll hear about how tips are expected by [insert service job here]. Makes sense in a 'looking out for your own best interests' kind of way.

You really don't understand why people would pay $7 for good cheese grilled on fresh-baked bread? I mean, if you like kraft singles on wonderbread, more power to you, but if you want nicer food, you're gonna pay for it, and $7 isn't outrageous, unless you're making minimum wage.

$7 is outrageous for a grilled cheese sandwich no matter how much you are making.

The dude that sells $7.00 grilled cheese sandwichesThe assholes that bought 25 of them from one food truck at lunch time... and made it worse by leaving no tipAny Manhattan hipster buying $7 grilled cheese sandwichesThe jackass that tweetshamed the assholesThe farktard that fired the jackassBoing Boing for being Boing Boing.

I'm in. This menu reeks of smug hipster foodie. And any other adjectives I can't think of now.

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This! I would never eat any sandwich that costs this much. I'm so glad that I live here in Waco, TX where we have significantly limited dining options. I would never want to live in a place like New Dork City with all of their crazy food. My cousin went there and he said the Olive Garden in Times Square charged almost twice what they do here in Waco. What is wrong with those people?

The dude that sells $7.00 grilled cheese sandwichesThe assholes that bought 25 of them from one food truck at lunch time... and made it worse by leaving no tipAny Manhattan hipster buying $7 grilled cheese sandwichesThe jackass that tweetshamed the assholesThe farktard that fired the jackassBoing Boing for being Boing Boing.

jshine:Southern100: puffy999: I really, really don't like waiters/waitresses who expect large tips in this country... I go to a restaurant for f*cking food, not to talk to you, so I've always wondered why the cooks aren't getting the tips.

Anyway, a food truck, for a large order, should definitely receive some sort of tip. Those guys are doing EVERYTHING.

Why? A food truck is just a mobile fast food restaurant. Do you tip at McDonalds? Wendy's? Jack-in-the-Box? Subway? Shipley's Donuts?

How about if you order 20 pizzas from Pizza Hut and pick up the order instead of having it delivered? Do you tip then?

What's next, tipping the people behind the deli counter at your local WalMart because they sliced you a couple pounds of ham? After all, we know they make shiat wages.

The more people work in retail and service jobs, the more you'll hear about how tips are expected by [insert service job here]. Makes sense in a 'looking out for your own best interests' kind of way.

Welcome to the new America. Thanks, Reagan. The middle class were a PITA anyway - always expecting things of their betters. We're well off without them.

Item replacement costs, spices, oils, cookware, appliances, rent, electricity, gas, water, sewage, taxes, labor, overhead and advertising, labor, peripheral service items like containers, cups and take out trays and bags, something for the boss so he doesn't put a match to the place...

A food truck, not so much, yeah, but.. Item replacement costs, gasoline, graphics on the truck, gasoline, licensing, labor, peripherals... You're not paying for the cost of the bacon.

perhaps it's because it's NYC and it costs to breathe in NYC?perhaps the boss is an asshole and doesn't pay?perhaps they really do bust their ass for that $25 iTunes card?

When you clog up the services of an entire work crew with no advance notice, you might like to at least think about it. They're making excuses to their "regular-Joes" as to why (you or I ) have to burn our lunch time waiting in line.

Could have at LEAST given them eternal consciousness on their deathbed . . .

Item replacement costs, spices, oils, cookware, appliances, rent, electricity, gas, water, sewage, taxes, labor, overhead and advertising, labor, peripheral service items like containers, cups and take out trays and bags, something for the boss so he doesn't put a match to the place...

A food truck, not so much, yeah, but.. Item replacement costs, gasoline, graphics on the truck, gasoline, licensing, labor, peripherals... You're not paying for the cost of the bacon.

But how can things in New Dork City be so expensive? It's almost like the things cost more there because the input costs are higher - especially the high cost of labor which is generally the largest cost for a business.

Everything there is that way! Why can't you get a 3 bedroom apartment in Manhattan for $500 a month like here in Waco?! I just don't get it!!!! They must all be hipster people!

There are places I won't patronize because I didn't like the service. That much I can agree with. It's the people who post on social media or make a point of telling their friends, as if their refusal to visit a business will put those people on notice. It's so silly that I enjoy it.

The dude that sells $7.00 grilled cheese sandwichesThe assholes that bought 25 of them from one food truck at lunch time... and made it worse by leaving no tipAny Manhattan hipster buying $7 grilled cheese sandwichesThe jackass that tweetshamed the assholesThe farktard that fired the jackassBoing Boing for being Boing Boing.

What's wrong with a $7 grilled cheese? I assume they're using something like smoked guda on artisanal bread, not american processed "cheese" on white. There's a small restaurant chain (4 locations I believe) here in Cleveland that specializes in high end grilled cheese sandwiches, all of them are over $7, even the plain cheese, and they're worth it.

Rapmaster2000:But how can things in New Dork City be so expensive? It's almost like the things cost more there because the input costs are higher - especially the high cost of labor which is generally the largest cost for a business.

Everything there is that way! Why can't you get a 3 bedroom apartment in Manhattan for $500 a month like here in Waco?! I just don't get it!!!! They must all be hipster people!

It's called price fixing and people with more money than sense being all f*cked about about their zip code. Moves a lot of money around.

bunner:Rapmaster2000: But how can things in New Dork City be so expensive? It's almost like the things cost more there because the input costs are higher - especially the high cost of labor which is generally the largest cost for a business.

Everything there is that way! Why can't you get a 3 bedroom apartment in Manhattan for $500 a month like here in Waco?! I just don't get it!!!! They must all be hipster people!

It's called price fixing and people with more money than sense being all f*cked about about their zip code. Moves a lot of money around.

All I'm saying is that businesses should sell their products at a price below what their customer base will pay for it. That's just common business sense. I have a GED in MBA.

Rapmaster2000:bunner: Rapmaster2000: But how can things in New Dork City be so expensive? It's almost like the things cost more there because the input costs are higher - especially the high cost of labor which is generally the largest cost for a business.

Everything there is that way! Why can't you get a 3 bedroom apartment in Manhattan for $500 a month like here in Waco?! I just don't get it!!!! They must all be hipster people!

It's called price fixing and people with more money than sense being all f*cked about about their zip code. Moves a lot of money around.

All I'm saying is that businesses should sell their products at a price below what their customer base will pay for it. That's just common business sense. I have a GED in MBA.

EngineerAU:You're suppose to tip food truck workers? Can I have a list of who should be tipped in America or maybe it'd be easier to come up with a list of people who don't get tips. Does this mean the owner of the food truck pays their workers $2.13/hr?

I tip almost all service industry people, mainly because I have done those jobs and they suck ass.

I don't get the reason for why they had to fire him, sure he made a mistake but unless this is an ongoing thing then he didn't need to be fired. If anything it sounds like they deserve to be shamed since it sounds like they had lunch catered and didn't tip shiat.

The serfs can whittle little tchotchkes from driftwood and sell them in market stalls like that adorably rustic women we met while touring Peru. Or simply mop floors or make larded, salty tidbits for the other serfs and wear snappy hats while they push them through a window.

I mean, not around HERE of course, my God man, we have standards. And biscotti. Of course you wouldn't know what biscotti is, would you?

Now fetch me my 34 sandwiches, laddie and put your ass into it. I have things to do with very important people who can read.

E5bie:1. Tip shaming by name is NEVER okay. If you need the reasons why spelled out, you probably shouldn't be in food service.

Definitely disagree.

Was working a shiat job at a diner for a while, and after a really hard day had a group of 3 guys come in, somehow order like $100 in food and beer (kinda hard at a place with $6 lunch platters) and they ran my ass off. When I grabbed their payment book off of the table they told me to keep the change.

Literally. Change. Like $1.70.

Went back, left a stack of coins on the side of the table and told them "you need this more than I do" and walked off. After that day, I didn't much care if I got fired because the job was shiat and it's easy enough to replace a serving job (or was at that time).

One of the guys came and found me and explained that his "friend" had taken everyone's cash (with included tip) and told them they were all square - and used the tip money his friends left to cover most of his portion of the bill. The guy apologized profusely for his friend and gave me a $20.

And now those guys know that their friend is a thieving, untrustable dickbag. I think I did them a favor.

Southern100:Lady Indica:You can't and don't preorder food for 70 people at McDonalds. Or Wendy's. Or Jack in the Box. Oh sure perhaps a wee place in Peoria will...but in San Francisco? AHAHAHA. No. fark no. Especially NOT during the lunch rush.They didn't order the food and pick it up, it was delivered. [Wrong]If you pre-order food, and have it delivered...you should tip. Don't be a farking jackass. If you place a large order for food for an entire office, you should also tip.

Sure you can. Tour buses stop in at McDonalds and other fast food restaurants all the time.

And you need to read the article, M'Lady.

"Anyway. The other rainy Monday morning, business was slow when a group of about a dozen customers sprinted up. This was at our second location, a stall the company opened in South Street Seaport to support the area while Hurricane Sandy repairs were happening. This group placed a huge order: three of this sandwich, four of another, three of the one that takes forever on the grill, two of the one that takes forever to assemble. Five or six milkshakes. The order came to just under $170."

A dozen customers. Individually. NO DELIVERY.

Sounds like they orders for the entire office so yeah tip the farker working in a tin box sweating to make your farking food.